CONNECTING THE DOTS
ARIZONA AND AMERICA: LOCKED AND LOADED—GUNS, SPEECH AND MADNESS
Frosty WooldridgeThe majority of Americans support(ed) two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 10 years with deaths in excess of 1 million Iraqis and Afghanistans, 2.5 million refugees, and countless bodily carnage for the hundreds of thousands of wounded:
One small step we can take to back us out of the mess you've described is
to bring back the draft.
With the re-introduction of the draft the number of people who will be concerned of our military status will greatly increade. Right now it seems the
only folks concerned are the defense industry and the people fighting these
wars.
Thanks and Good Luck
I sorted the garbage this morning and found this one.
Frostytute’s navigation of violence and madness was on course until he detoured to "What can we do …" portion and once again bumped on his nemesis – the false issue of overpopulation that in his mind would cause the destruction and disappearance of the United States from the map! All the violence and madness is kind of sick because to him it’s always due to overpopulation, a falsehood the public now puke instead of swallow hook and sinker!.
"… [S]tabilize[d] population policies …" he bawled. "We cannot keep up with our youth in our overpopulated and overwhelmed city schools where violence, isolation and frustration become the norm. [emphasized]
Once again, he is caught lying, as usual. At least in high school, classroom-overcrowding policy is strictly enforced in the U.S. It hampers education. Here is a high school model that belies overcrowding practice in school – in compliance with existing policy. I am printing it here in toto …
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The Alleged Current Overcrowding
1. Are we currently experiencing overcrowding at the high school?
No. According to our analysis of documents provided by the school administration, the high school is well managed and has ample room for population growth. The overall average class size at the high school is 19 (this excludes homeroom, special education, basic skills, independent study, physical education, performance groups, and health). Even with no construction, the average class size would only go up modestly. There are 152 sections of under fifteen students, or 18% of the total sections.
By track, average class size is eighteen in Advanced Placement classes, 20 in Accelerated classes, 19 in College Prep A classes, 16 in College Prep B classes, and 15 in the few combined track classes. By department, average class size is 21 in English, 20 in history, 20 in math, 19 in science, 17 in world language, and 16 in the combined fine & related arts, business, and music category. These are all excellent ratios, especially given that the district has highly motivated students with few discipline problems, and they compare well to private schools.In addition, unlike at the middle school, there are no significant pockets of circulatory congestion at the high school.
2. Are we currently experiencing overcrowding at the middle school?
Not in classrooms. First, as one would expect given that an addition was recently completed, there is no overcrowding in the middle school classrooms. At the middle school overall average class size, is a perfectly appropriate 20 (this excludes homeroom, special education, basic skills, independent study, physical education, performance groups, and health). Even with no construction, the average class size would only go up modestly. By subject, average class size is 20 in language arts, 20 in math, 21 in science, 21 in social studies, 19 in world language, and 21 in the cycle courses. These are excellent ratios for a public school in a suburban area with no student discipline issues of note. There are no academic classes with more than twenty-six students at the middle school. Consistently, no one seriously claims that overcrowded classrooms are a current problem at the middle school.
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